Cracked Neck

[unknown-user]

I have a brand new Irish harp (it was handmade by one of the harp makers in Dublin, only got it about 6 weeks ago) and unfortunately it was accidentally knocked over today by a chair and took quite the fall. The neck is after cracking, badly. I’m wondering if anyone has seen this kind of damage before and knows if this even repairable because I am extremely worried that this is beyond repair.

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[catherine-rogers]

It can be repaired but I suspect that will mean replacing the neck. The original builders should do it, if possible.

[unknown-user]

Thanks, we’re bring it back to them later in the week. Do you know if it would be a very expensive procedure (Like over a thousand)?

[alice-freeman]

How sad. Sorry for your accident.

I had a very similar accident last fall, resulting in a very similar partially cracked neck and just got my repaired Triplett Catalina back this week. The crack has been glued and 5 oak dowels inserted in the neck. Time will tell whether this will hold or not.

Good luck!

— Alice in windy Wyoming

[unknown-user]

Thanks! I hope it all goes well for you. I am bit calmer now about being able to fix it but panicky about the cost of repair.. was it pricey for your harp?

[michael-rockowitz]

For information’s sake, here’s Rick Kemper’s (of Sligo Harps) ideas/procedure for repairing a cracked harp neck.

[Christian Frederick]

Oh my! That’s more than a bandage. So sorry…..

[Tacye]

If it were mine I would take the tension off all the strings immediately- maybe you have already.

[Saul Davis Zlatkovski]

It can be expensive. It means taking the harp apart to replace it. If it is bolted or screwed and glued instead, that is perhaps less expensive, but unsightly.

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